Chapter 28: After The Death Of The Wolf(1)
After clicking on the status window for the reward I desired, knowledge infused into my mind, integrating with my consciousness. As the knowledge settled, I examined my status window:
[Name: Taeho Kim] [Level: 12]
[Age: 21]
[Stats]
Endurance: 37.8 (27)
Agility: 37.8 (27)
Strength: 37.8 (27)
Magic: 0 +
Mana: 25 +
[Stat points: 11]
[Skills]
- Perfect Clear[X]
- Swordsmanship[C]
- Trap Detection[F]
- Bowmanship[F]
- Daggermanship[F]
- Wolf Dash[C]
The 'wolf dash' skill had appeared in my status window, indicating that I had successfully gotten it as a reward. This C-ranked skill matched the rank of my swordsmanship skill, making it my second-highest-ranked ability, just below the X-ranked skill.
I was eager to test my new skill, so I stood up in a hurry. It felt almost instinctive to activate it.
As I focused on the skill, my mana naturally flowed into my legs.
I gazed ahead, and in an instant, the trees seemed to draw closer to me.
But it wasn't the trees that moved; rather, it was me. The sensation was almost like teleportation.
I knew that it wasn't teleportation but just dashing very fast. But nevertheless, it felt like instant teleportation.
"Wow, this is amazing," I muttered in awe.
I attempted to use the skill again, but it appeared to have a cooldown.
I tried multiple times, and after about a minute, I could use it once again.
'So it has a cooldown on around one minute'.
This time, I was ready to gauge the distance the skill could cover. Placing my dagger on the ground, I activated the skill and vanished from its vicinity.
I retraced my steps, counting them as I walked back. I had teleported approximately 10 meters.
It was a powerful skill, especially considering I had lacked any mobility skills until now. The 'wolf dash' had resolved that problem of mine.
Recalling how the wolf had used this skill to bite off my arm, I realized that I should learn how to attack while using the skill.
However, I didn't have a single target to practice on. I needed some that were considered strong, but at the same time, some that I could kill with ease.
That's why the Elite Forest was the perfect place to train.
It had the elite goblins, which were way stronger than the normal goblins.
As I was about to leave, I noticed a group of people entering the field from the forest. It was the middle-aged group, led by the man with a sharp beard and a commanding presence. They were approaching me.
"What was his name again?"
It was hard to remember because of the many regressions since we last met.
But at the same time, he also didn't know my name in this regression, making it a fair trade.
Soon, a group of 20 people was standing right in front of me, armed with weapons. While this sight might have made the average person nervous, I was unaffected.
Because of all the battles with the monsters, I unintentionally assessed their strength.
'Weak. Way too weak'.
'They wouldn't have stood a chance against the wolf'
'It would be a massive slaughter'
If they had sprinted right after hearing the announcement, they wouldn't have saved anyone at all.
Instead, all they were doing was sprinting towards their deaths.
But I guess I also prevented that by killing the wolf alone.
"We came as soon as we heard the announcement, but it seems like we were a little late," the leader remarked.
"Alright," I replied nonchalantly, not particularly concerned, as I really didn't care.
"What about the people who were in the field?"
"I told them to leave the field beforehand. You should probably go and find them," I suggested.
The leader nodded and dispatched some of his people to search the forest. Returning his attention to me, he observed the dead wolf behind me, clearly sensing its formidable strength.
"Thank you for killing that monster," he expressed his gratitude, offering a rare smile.
I had never seen him smile before, and I preferred it that way.
"Don't mention it. Someone had to do it, and that someone just happened to be me."
That someone had to be me, as I wasn't going to let my six months of dedicated training go to waste.
As I turned to leave, planning to head to the elite forest, the leader made an unexpected proposal.
"You are very strong; why don't you join our group?"
At the same time, I felt a strange power trying to convince me. But I already knew what the strange power was.
It was his skill. I couldn't remember it clearly, but it was something along the lines of:
People will listen to your words, and you can convince them easier.
It was not a strong skill, as I could defend against it because of my high stats. But it was a terrifying skill.
I remember that I joined their group because I thought it would be better. I did feel a strange power back then, but I somehow convinced myself to join them.
Therefore, people who were not ready or were not strong enough would follow this guy's words. The terrifying part was that you thought it was your own idea to do it.
It was like, after he used it, you would convince yourself to join.
Well, back to the main problem: This guy right now was trying to use his skill on me. It was not an attack skill, but it was a skill nonetheless.
So should I consider it an attack against me? I couldn't just ignore that he was using a skill on me.
I guess I will just say some words of advice to make him back off.
"If you ever use that skill on me again, there will be consequences," I warned.
The faces of the group members instantly reflected fear, and they did a battle pose.
Oops, I think I used killing intent while I was saying that.
After killing so many monsters, I felt that I had awakened some kind of killing intent. It was just like in the novels, where they could use killing intent to induce fear.
My killing intent wasn't as strong, but it had the same function.
"Just kidding, haha". I laughed awkwardly while removing my killing intent.
"But I was serious; if you do use that skill on me again, there will be consequences".
An awkward silence appeared while they were putting their weapons down.
'I should probably leave now; this is getting a little awkward'
Because I didn't talk with a lot of people, I felt that my social skills had weakened a lot. I was never that social before the tower, but now it has definitely gotten worse.
I was about to leave.
"Can we at least get your name?" The leader stopped me.
Well, if it's just my name, it shouldn't really be a problem. As I have already said my name to him in my previous regressions,
"It's Kim Taeho".
Now I felt a little bad to not know his name, even though he did tell me at some point before. So I asked.
"And what is ---?"
I got interrupted because of a loud scream of pain that I heard from the forest.
I remembered the announcement that came when the wolf died—that new monsters would appear instead.
'Oh no, the new monsters could kill the people from the field'
I thought of Yon, and I was about to sprint out of the forest.
But that's when I saw the member that the leader dispatched enter the field again, and I saw a small girl with them. It was Yon.
'Good, at least she is safe'
'But the other people were still in danger'
"Taeho, can you pl-?"
I didn't listen to the leader, as I was already sprinting towards the vicinity of the scream.
As I was running, I started to wonder what the new monsters could be.
I hope no one has died, because I was the one who made them leave the field.
I made them leave the field because there wouldn't be any monsters while I was fighting the wolf. And if normal goblins did come back, they would be fine, as the normal goblins were very weak.
But if it's new monsters, that would throw my plan out of the window. And indirectly, I was the one causing their deaths because I told them to leave the field.
"F*ck, give me a break".
As I got closer to the scream, that's when I saw it. It was an elite goblin that was about to attack an elderly woman.
I sprinted with all my might, and when I was about 10 meters away,
I used my wolf dash skill to instantly charge into the elite goblin, throwing him into a tree.
As the elite goblin was about to stand up, I swiftly killed him with my sword.
I looked back to scan the elderly woman, and she didn't have any injuries.
"Who is injured?" I said in a hurry.
"That young man is; he tried to protect me".
I stared in the direction she pointed, and I saw a man in his 30s.
He was sitting by a tree with a puddle of blood next to him.
At the same time, I noticed a deep wound around his chest.
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